Tampa Bay Lightning · #37 · Centre

Yanni Gourde

Age 34 · Shoots left · 5′10″ · 175 lb · Born Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, CAN

Undrafted

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Games822025-26
Goals9T-11th on TBL
Assists1912th on TBL
Points2812th on TBL
P / GP0.34T-374th in the NHL
Shots1147.9% shooting
TOI / GP16:2214th on TBL

Yanni Gourde scored 28 points (9 goals, 19 assists) in 82 games in 2025-26, 12th on Tampa Bay. Against Minnesota: 0 points in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Tampa Bay have played 3 games and Yanni Gourde has not dressed yet (ir, hip). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Minnesota. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 82 games
2025-26 · The season

28 points in 82 games on a team that finished 5th

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Takeaways2683rd
Hits11575th
Ice time16:2260th
Blocked shots3145th
Shots / GP1.3941st
Points / GP0.3431st
Assists / 600.8531st
Penalty differential−417th
Shooting %7.9%16th
Goals / 600.4014th
PP points013th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–100.311–200.421–300.331–400.541–500.451–600.461–700.271–800.081–82

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2812th on TBL
Points per game0.34T-374th in NHL
Goals9T-320th in NHL
Assists1912th on TBL
Shooting %7.9%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time16:2214th on TBL
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:08
Power play0:11
Shorthanded2:03
Total16:22

21.0 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-10th on TBL
PP assists0T-14th on TBL
PP points0T-14th on TBL · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-14th on TBL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP51Tampa Bay total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every TBL PPG
PP TOI share3.6%of TBL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 9 goals and 19 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals2T-6th on TBL
Overtime goals0T-5th on TBL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals9
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd7
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading6
Trailing3

0 of 9 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Tampa Bay trailing.

Assists

Primary14 · 74%
Secondary5 · 26%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.25
Goals / 600.40
Shots / 605.1
ES points / 601.4528 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease29 att · 1 G
Slot77 att · 6 G
Wing76 att · 2 G
Point22 att · 0 G
Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

211 attempts across the 72 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)13.0246th
Goals9
Goals vs expected−4.0
Unblocked attempts174
xG per attempt.075
ixG per 600.58

2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 96th percentile of forwards: 10.24 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance / 60, mi10.2496th
Distance skated, mi228.983rd
Hardest shot, mph88.8264th
Average shot, mph53.963rd
20+ mph bursts9652nd
Defensive-zone time40.5%39th
90+ mph shots038th
Offensive-zone time40.7%29th
Top speed, mph21.8316th
22+ mph bursts011th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.83Forward average 22.51
Hardest shot, mph88.82Forward average 87.1
Distance skated228.9 mi3.41 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts23.4%35.7% defensive · 40.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.7%All situations40.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 5.7
20-22 mph96 · avg 102
18-20 mph563 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0
80-89 mph12 · avg 15
70-79 mph41 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways262nd on TBL
Giveaways77
TK / GV ratio0.34
Hits1152nd on TBL
Blocked shots31T-14th on TBL

Discipline

Penalty minutes66
Minors21
Majors2
Penalties drawn20
Net penalties−4drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken88110.7 a game
Won396
Win %44.9%
Offensive zone75 of 182

A regular centre on the draw.


Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (25 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point2530% of games
Multi-point games22%
Goals in8 games10%
Pointless games5770%

Streaks

Longest point streak4 games6 Jan – 13 Jan
Longest goal streak2 games
Longest pointless run7 games
Final ten1 in 10point in 1

Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026vsMINW 6-30002+115:00
3 Mar 2026@MINL 1-50003−116:19

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home41120.29
Road41160.39

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Minnesota200.00
vs Atlantic2680.31
vs Western Conf.32100.31

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1130.27
November1470.50
December1430.21
January1380.62
February610.17
March1650.31
April810.13

Contract

$2.33M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 12.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 100th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.33M2.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 2 of 6
Expires2030-31UFA at 39
Cap value$14MCap hit × 6 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Tampa Bay

Eight seasons · 2015-16 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Pontus Holmberg sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Pontus Holmberg3
Zemgus Girgensons2
Darren Raddysh2
Brayden Point1
Max Crozier1

Assists on his 9 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Zemgus Girgensons8
Pontus Holmberg5
Jake Guentzel1
Jack Finley1
J.J. Moser1

Scorers on his 19 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Winnipeg3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Calgary2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Florida3 P in 40.75 P/GP
New Jersey2 P in 30.67 P/GP
NY Rangers2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Philadelphia2 P in 30.67 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points22920th for Tampa Bay
Goals9018th
Assists13920th
Games played41322nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16TBL20110.50—
2016-17TBL206280.4020.0%
2017-18TBL822539640.7818.4%
2018-19TBL802226480.6016.9%
2019-20TBL701020300.439.1%
2020-21TBL561719360.6414.4%
2021-22SEA742127480.6516.5%
2022-23SEA811434480.599.9%
2023-24SEA801122330.417.1%
2024-25SEA, TBL57724310.549.3%
2025-26TBL82919280.347.9%
Career6841422333750.5512.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · TBL points

Games95
Goals20
Points440.46 P/GP
Game-winning goals7
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct